Themes: Current Events
The Islamic State is a documentary on ISIS (ISIL) edite …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: VICE News
Inside the Middle East is CNN programming that provides …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
This collection of articles and webpages from the BBC l …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: BBC
This is the landing page for stories about the Middle E …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: International Crisis Group
This lesson plan explores competing perspectives on the …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Education World, Inc
Muftah is a website and organization that seeks to prov …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Muftah
The Arab Youth Survey is an annual survey of young adul …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: 2015 Arab Youth Survey
This is an educational blog full of activities and reso …
Language of Presentation: Arabic, EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University
Institution/Provider: Riyad Alhomsi
This video from Al Jazeera English, currently posted on …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Al Jazeera English
This project, started in 1993, is a collection of links …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Gulf/2000 Project
This is a collection of maps seeking to “explain” the M …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Vox
This lesson plan asks students to explore the causes an …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
This lesson pan provides resources to assist teachers i …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
This lesson plan uses primary and secondary sources to …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
This article and lesson activity from Bill Bigelow chal …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Zinn Education Project
This teaching activity is a role play that asks student …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Zinn Education Project
In this TED Talk, Alaa Murabit talks about her experien …
Language of Presentation: English, Other, SpanishMedia Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TED Conferences, LLC
This suggested plan of instruction addresses the impact …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The New York Times Company
This post on The Learning Network uses articles from Th …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Online Tools, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The New York Times Company
PBS NewsHour Extra is the educator resource page for PB …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: NewsHour Productions LLC
The Teaching Resources page for Harvard University’s Ce …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
The Middle East Outreach Council’s newsletter Perspecti …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Print Publication, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Middle East Outreach Council
Words Without Borders is an organization devoted to usi …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Words Without Borders
This is a resource guide for I am Malala: The Story of …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: George Washington University
George Washington University’s Institute for Middle Eas …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Elliott School, George Washington University
Jadaliyya is an online news and academic journal sponso …
Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, OtherMedia Format: Image/Photo, Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Arab Studies Institute
This is the landing page for the Middle East on The New …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Image/Photo, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The New York Times Company
Under this website, Al Jazeera has collected its intera …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Image/Photo, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Al Jazeera Media Network
This handbook is designed to specifically provide the t …
Language of Presentation:Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University
Institution/Provider: OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE US ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND
Al Jazeera America, the English language branch of inte …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Al Jazeera America, LLC
Al Jazeera America, the English language branch of inte …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Al Jazeera America, LLC
Al Jazeera America, the English language branch of inte …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Image/Photo, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Al Jazeera America, LLC
Foreigncy is a website that helps with Arabic reading a …
Language of Presentation: Arabic, EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Audio, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Foreigncy LLC
This lesson uses political cartoons to help students ex …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program
In this lesson, students will learn about the Syrian co …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program
In this lesson, students will debate the US policy towa …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program
In this lesson plan, students explore the role of graff …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program
In this lesson plan, students review the events of the …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Image/Photo, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program
This lesson plan uses videos and political cartoons to …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program
This curriculum from the Choices Program provides tools …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Print Publication
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The Choices Program
This lesson plan uses an infographic from Al-Jazeera ca …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS Newshour
The Syria Files provides background information on the …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Syria Deeply
Syria Deeply is a comprehensive resource for students a …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: News Deeply
This interactive resource discusses the history of the …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Council on Foreign Relations
I Am Syria provides a Prezi presentation on the backgro …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: I Am Syria
This innovative Tumblr page includes pictures of Muslim …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Image/Photo
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: MuslimsWearingThings
A multi-platform project, “Is Peace Possible?” was deve …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace, SAYA/Design for Change, and The Atlantic
In this episode of 15 Minute History,Joan Neuberger, Pr …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Downloadable File, Streaming Audio
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin
This guide provides books, videos, news sources, blogs, …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Print Publication, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source
Terrorism has become a frequently used word; yet, with …
Language of Presentation: EnglishMedia Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation